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On this day: Pembrokeshire Archive

Pembrokeshire Archive

• Museum venue for stamps launch

  Haverfordwest Museum was was an appropriate venue for the launch on Monday of the Royal Mail's new set of stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the roadside letterbox, because it boasts the second oldest pillar box in the UK. read more

• Parents in battle to save village school

  Parents and children staged a protest last week to try and save Llanddowror School, which is set to close at the end of the academic year. Villagers armed with placards waited to defend the 300 year old school as county council education chiefs arrived for a consultation meeting. read more

• Course geared to enterprising students

  If you would like to become one of the first generation of on-line learners and entrepreneurs, then Pembrokeshire College has free places starting this October on both the enterprise degree course and foundation degree in business administration. read more

• Neyland writer tipped for top TV ratings

  With a high-budget television adaptation of her work coinciding with a Booker Prize nomination, Neyland-born author, Sarah Waters, has become one of the hottest names in the literary world. read more

• Small theatre makes a big impression

  The Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, - one of the UK's smallest repertory theatres - celebrates its Silver Jubilee this month. read more

• Young workers forced to go east

  THE FIRST RESULTS from last year's national census show that Pembrokeshire has larger than average numbers of children and over-50s but a dearth of young adults. read more

• Hunt for whales and dolphins

  Cardigan Bay is to be the subject of a detailed survey of whales and dolphins by Greenpeace and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS). read more

• New chairman for young farmers

  A new chairman was welcomed at Pembrokeshire YFC's executive committee AGM recently. read more

• Help sought to solve altar cross mystery

  READERS could help to solve the mystery of an altar cross and candlesticks found at the chapel at Cawdor Barracks, Brawdy. The cross was discovered in the vestry, dirty and forgotten. read more

• Final outing for Lecter

  Red Dragon Directed by Brett Ratner Starring Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Cert. 18, Dur. 124 mins read more

• Old soldier recovers after eye op

  World War One veteran Alfred Finnigan is in excellent spirits after the cataract operation that he hopes will help him to see again. read more

On this day: Pembrokeshire Archive